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Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26
DINING ON a PICTURE.
How Now Famous Painter Once Paid
a Years Board-Bill.

How Now Famous Painter Once Paid
Years Board-BiIl.
The early days of Jules Bastien's
career were a time of struggle and
poverty. He was glad to draw de-
signs for fashion journal. and once
he went down to Damvillers and paint
ed forty portraits of the villagers. The
cost of living, small as his expenses
were, was a serious matter For the
rent of his little attic studio he paid
fifty dollars q year. He breakfasted
upon three sous worth of bread and
two Of coffee, with milk. For dinner,
at franc and half, about twenty
seven cents, he went to the restau-
rant of Mademoiselle Anna, Rue Saint
Benoit.
In those early days he painted
picture of q peasant girl walking in
forest. in spring, entrapped by Loves
who are casting their nets before her
feet. This picture was accepted at the
Salon in 1873, through the infence of
Cabynel, but it was not sold. 1t was
the first painting that Jules Bastien ex-
hibited, and its fate was a curious one
Kind-hearted Mile. Anna understood
the needy state of the young artists
who visited her restaurant, and Bastien
was her fayorite. When he lacked the
franc and half for dinner, she cheer
fully gave him credit, and finally she
accepted this picture in payment for a
years dinners. Afterward, when the
name of the artist became famous, she
was offered four times the amount OF
her bill for the painting, but she re-
fused to part with it, and kept the
first work of her protege until her
death. Ripley Hitchcock. in 81 NIcho-
iaS.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26
ABOUT TOOTHPiCKS.
The Use and Abuse of These Indispensable
Little Articles.

The Use and Abuse of These Indispensable
Little Articles.
The toothpicE, when used with dis
cretion and at proper times and in
proper places, is an unobjectionable
Ii tile instrument. Its occasional en-
ployment is, as a rule, necessary to
cleanliness and the preservation Of the
teeth. So also is the use of the tooth
brush. This adjunct of the toilet is,
however, never used in public. The
person who, after partaking Of meal,
should proceed to publicly use his
tooth brush. would speedily find him.
self banished from decent society. Yet
such action would be less Objectionable
to witness than the service to which
some people, who pretend to ref ne
ment and culture, put the tooth-pick.
There is but one place in which it may
be rightly used-the dressing room,
and no person who has the slightest
consideration for the feelings of others
will handle it anywhere else.
1t would seem to be almost unnec-
essary to make such statements as
those in the foregoing paragraph. N o
one possessing any delicacy Of feeling
or squeamishness of digestion will
dream of controverting them. And yet
the tooth-pick is daily increasing, and
has already reached proportions that
strike the foreign visitor with astonish-
ment and disgust, and make the lives
of many of our citizens any thing but
agreeable.
The practice has doubtless grown
owing to the large number Of people
who live or have lived in hotels and
boarding houses, where tooth-picks
were furnished with the idea that
guests would take them to their rooms;
and in some of the hotels guests can
even now only procure tooth-picks at
the doors by which they leave the din
ing-rooms. In other hotels and in
many boarding-houses, and also, it is
sad to have to write, in some private
houses, the tooth-pick holder is q reg
ular ornament (?) OF the meal table,
and its contents are assiduously
worked.
In no other country that the writer
has ever visited have tooth-picks been
publicly used in private houses or III
the presence of women. An Englisl
woman or French woman Of the bet
ter class not only never dreams o
using tooth-piot before people, bu
she considers it something that it i
more pleasant not even to mention
Here, however, it is no uncommon oc
currence to hear a lady ask for the
toothpicks, and select one that she
thinks will fit her needs.
The subject is not an agreeable ont
to write about. 1t could have beer
treated in q far more realistic manner
but this is one Of the instances il
which much may be proftahlyy left fol
the intelligence Of the reader to sup
/ ply. There are, of course, hundreds
Of thousands Of Americans who are
! guiltless in this matter; there is, per
haps, an equal number who, through
thoughtlessness or carelessness are
not outlines. 1t probably needs, how
ever, only & hint to reclaim them.
Should these lines have only a very
limited effect, they will not have be en-
written in vain. Epoch.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26

poor $. P. LANGLEY has been elected
secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
AZ washington, to succeed the late Prof.
Baird.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26

Asa result Of the late election In New
tvork ths Irving Hail facricn OF the Dem
ocratic party in that city has become a
thing Of the past.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26

WM CoNDoN. "a prominent Nationalist,
~vas sentenced at Mitchellstown, Ireland,
IN tbe 18th. to one months Imprisonment
Of hard labor for intimidation.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26

SENATOR FOUNTAIN Fl. KETcHUM, OF 81.
: rnmis was found guilty on the 18th in the
lifted lite States Court Of Illegal registra-
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26

No serious disturbances occurred on the
o0tb in London. although at Hyde park
5000 people held a meeting, ana tnere
we're few exciting Incidents at trafalgar
Souare.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26

NATURAL. GAS was struck at Princeton,
md on the 10Th, at depth of 600 feet.
The blaze from the gas is twenty feet
high -Four veins Of coal were passed
through,
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26
c.n.sled from Various ssarsa.

r,;on Labor party of Wisconsin
promptly tabled resolution ,'2n. cohae"n'ns
~ hanging of the Anarchists.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26

Mr.. O'BRIEN has scored a point on his
jajlers, having succeeded in having a suit
of citizens clothes smuggled in to him,
which he will take care not to part with
except through force.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26

JOHANN MosT mas been released on ST.
800 bail. When Most was arraigned in
the Court OF General Sessions in New
York, on the 18th, the room was fairly
filed with Anarchist sympathizers.
The case is set for the 2Sth.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26

TIE British members of the Fishery
Commission were formally presented to
the President on the 10Th. No addresses
were made, and the occasion was devoid
Of formality.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26

IT is authoritatively stated that neither
Castle Garden nor Wards Island will be
closed because of Secretary Fairchild's
decision that the money for the sale of
privileges must be accounted for to the
Treasury Department
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26

THE government side was defeated on a
test vote in the French Chamber of Depu-
ties, on the 18th, touching the War De-
partment scandal Investigation. The
sIliIfszry s,fe,,-t4a5 ,-e c.fI
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26

SUPERINTENDENT Fox of the Unit d
States Mint, says that not only is the de-
mand being kept up for small or minor
coin, but that the banks are now wanting
gold dollars. They are also demanding
new quarter and half-dollar pieces.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26

THE National League and the Brothe r
hood of Ball Players came to an harmoni-
Gus understanding on the 18th, and a
modified contract for clubs and players
was agreed upon.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26

THE proprietor of the Anarchist resort
at Newark, N. j., whose license has been
revoked, refuses to close his place, and
there is chance of conflict between the
police and the Reds.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26

OWING to the Illness of the Crown
Prince, Prince William will, in obedience
20 imperial command, represent his father
at all future state ceremonies and recep-
tions at Berlin.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26

IT is reported from st. Petersburg that
the russians are massing 100000 soldiers
near the German and Austrian frontiers.
Polish Jews are said to be keeping Ger
many and Austria we'll Informed regard
ing the movements Of Russian troops.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26

AFTER three years of steady work on a
section 6,OoO feet long of the new Croton
IN. Y.) aqueduct. the drills met on tho
,S'h, and so accurately had the SURVEYS
Deen made and the drilling performed.
mat the points of the drills actually came
IN contact.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26

GENERAL VALENTINE BAKER who in
lo'o' while holding the appointment of
assistant Quartermaster-G General at Alder
shof, England, was compelled to leave
me service on being found guilty of
mlSdemeanor. is dead. He was fifty-two
years old
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26

a COUPLE Of boys experimental at
polDmaklng at Blair, Neb., on the 10Th,
ana succeeded so we'll, by the aid of
piece OF gas-pipe and some powder, that
one OF them, named Innis, was fatally in
JuFed by piece Of the bursting missile.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26

=. 1HE Western Association of Architects
at their convention in Cincinnati; an
similor conlmlttee of five to act with a
tute of oniinlttee of the American Insti-
consoldn.c n.chitects upon the question Of
socia.;eon aa'ion OF all the architectural as
were ions, olao Ohcers for the ensuing year
ionrrod eo'eo and the convention ad-
'0- A''i 70 meet in Chicago next wear.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26

iHE Pope has nominated commission
~ examine his project to found an exten.
sne phllanthropic institution for the
cement Of the working classes, to COM
. nleinOrate .h the jubilee. He proposes that
.ne sum Of 100000 be raised to start the
institution.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26

p,,moa.D 01'AoDoRE j. G. WALKER, chief of the
1ort 'au Oh Navigation, in his annual re-
praos s - the Secretary of the Navy, strongly
y - Tue formation of a naval reserve,
sonr: composed Of men who have seen
am5I 'io9 from the merchant marine, sea
bo,I," ,aAe coasting trade, fishermen, light
raoSs soSe anu ife-saving services, and from
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26

HE main building of Barnum & Baily's
snoM at Bridgeport, Conn.,. was entirely
So.h Sovs'r0yed by fire on the evening of the
tb~ S". Neerly all the menagerie and all
dn sne paraphernalia of the great show were
ug3suoyed, involving a loss of 500, 900, on
"nich there was only SlOO. 900 insurance.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23

appealed to for aid by families heretofore
considered above want 1t is horrible
winter for Dakota settlers and the suffering
cannot be realized"
Mrs. OLIVE CLEVELAND CLARKE of Spring
field Mass, died last week, aged one hun
dred one years, four months and twenty
one days. Mrs. Clarke's father lived to be
ninety and her mother was one hundred
four years and six months old when she
died. She leaves son REV. Edward b.
Clarke) seventy-sx years of age, a brother
ninety-one years of age and a sister ninety
seven years old.
JUDGE BLoDGETT, in the United States
court at Chicago, sustained the demurrer of
the Chicago Tribune to the bill of Albert II.
Walker, in which the proprietors of the
paper are sued for libel in referring to a
pamphlet written by the plaintiff as :" the
work of a crank" The court decided that
the word " crank " was not in itself defama-
ton, and that to call person by that name
does not necessarily furnish grounds for
action.
Boston CoRBETT, the soldier who shot
j. Wilkes Booth, is sergeant-at-arms of the
Kansas house of representatives. Last week
Tuesday he entered the chamber armed
with two huge revolvers, drove out a negro
attendant threatened the speakers life and
ordered the house to which it did.
Three policemen were summoned, but were
afraid TO touch him. He was captured at
last, however, and has since been declared
to be insane.
A HEAVY snow-storm that ragged in the
Lake region came from the Pacific ocean Uid
southern California and Colorado The
gale was so severe last Wednesday night
that on the Denver and Rio Grande rail
road it blew an express train off the track:
the mail car and contents were destroyed
by fire. Telegraph poles, houses, trees and
chimneys were leveled and hundreds of
L lad Fro hi tpnf.. s.f
twenty cars on a siding, waiting for the ex.
press, was deraied. A third train, pas.
senger, from Denver for Morrison, was
lifted bodily from the track, and set over an
embankment twelve feet; passengers were
fourth train near Comes, from Leadville
was blown over bridge, and passengers
and brakemen were badly hurt.
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Notes on the Railroad Disaster.

II. G. WILCOX of Bangor, N. Y, one of
the injured, was said to be worse on Satur-
day, eryspelas having set in.
DAVID REMILLARD of Brockton, Mass,
one of the passengers on the train who es-
capped injury, has a theory that when the
conductor pulled the signal-cord the sudden
slackening of speed caused the cars to re-
bound from the track, but this theory is
wholly unsupported by any evidence, and,
besides, Mr.. Remillard's statement comes
out suspiciously late.
THE Swanton Courier publishes what Dr.
Wilder of that town said upon returning
from his fruitless search for the remains of
his brother, as follows: The doctor says
in relation to the charges that are being
made to the effect that the railroad people
are trying to suppress facts and prevent
identification: These charges, in my
opinion are false, and are the inventions of
malicious persons or the utterances of ig
norant people. For two days | was almost
constantly at the scene of the accident, and
the railroad officials aided me in my search
in every possible way; and from my own
observation know other friends and rola-
tives also were assisted in the sad work to
the fullest extent"
THE railroad commissioners took some
further testimony the 18th. Alvin b.
Veazey, son of Judge Veazey, said he was
awake when the accident occurred; " knew
at once we were off the track; thought we
were going slow for an express train; my
impression is that the train almost came to
a stop before the car went over; nothing
seemed to me to indicate a broken or disar-
ranged axle or wheels" John Hazen, one
of the seectmen of Hartford, testified that
the selectmen had done all in their power
to protect life, property and bodies, and he
thought all was being done by the railroad
and town that was possible. Henry e. Peck,
also selectman of Hartford, corroborated
the above statements and said that in his
opinion everything had been conducted in a
perfectly fair and honorable manner on the
part of the authorities and railroad com
pany, and that there was no cause for com
plant. The effort to create hostile public
sentiment has failed.
The bodies remaining at the morgue at
the time we went to press last week were
all fully identified as those of Peter Nc
Lain of Acton, p. O., ID. Maigret of Shau-
ingon, p. c., Agnes Rogers of Monroe,
N. H., Mrs. Devineau of Winooski and Miss
Guirard of Upton, p q. The Landmark of
White River Junction says at is now
know to certainty how many were on the
train, made up from all sources by l.. S.
Hayes, which was eghty-nine. Dead and
carried to the morgue (and all pere carried
there) twenty-seven to these must be adj
ded Sturtevant and Brocklebanks, which
makes twenty mine in all, unless other
bodies have been found and spirited away
which no one claims. The above figures
will stand as unimpeachable. This is a
fiat contradiction of the assumption of the
Springfield RepUblicdn that there were in
the beginning thirty-seven bodies on the
train unaccounted for. Nearly all of the
injured have gone to their homes.
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mont sells at 131 to lac, good to choice at ~
to 13c, common at 9 to lie and extra sage
at 14C per pound.
Observation-Disclosures has been quiet and
feeling of dizziness is everywhere evident.
The demand is confined to small lots and it
is seldom that buyers take more than they
want for immediate use. Prices have dropped
about two cents. Extra Northern creamery
sells at "a to Doc, extra Western cream
cry at % to &c, choice do at IS to
2lc, the finest Franklin county dairy
at % to &c, good to choice do at % to
4c, extra Vermont at 25 to &c, choice
Northern dairy at rs to pc and fair to good
do at 16 to &c per pound.
BOSTON FLOUR AND GRAIN.
FLoUR.-There are no encouraging fea-
lures to note. Trade is dull. Fine sells at
1925 to $3.50, supertine at 1915 to $500,
common extras at 1926 to S3.40, Michigan
roller at $3.50 to S4.6O and Minnesota spring
patents at S5.15 to $3.50 per barrel.
GRAIN.-Trade in general is quiet. Prices
for corn are fairly well held, but not so firmly
as oats and shorts. Corn sells at 80 to 52c and
oats at 371 to 43c per bushel, as to quality.
Winter wheat bran brings S1775 to
$1,000, spring wheat bran $17. to $3.50,
middlings $500 to $500 and cotton-seed
meal SA.50 per ton.
THE LUMBER TRADE.
THERE has been a quiet market. Yard
men are holding off and trade will not open
until the snow clears away. The situation
is practically the same as last week, with
the exception of shingles, on which firmer
figures are given. Rough hemlock boards
sell at $1,000 to $1,000 and planed do
at S11.00 to $500; the best clear spruce
floor boards at $3.50 to $1,000, coarse at
$500 and refuse at $500 to $780, one-inch
box boards at $500 and seven-eghts do at
S11OO; Eastern sawed cedar shingles at
S3.40 to $500, clear do at $3.50 to 1912, the
best shaved shingles at 1925, other grades
at 1926 to $40 and No. spruce at S1.25 to
Sl.50; extra four-foot spruce clapboards at
| S27 90 to 500, do clear at $25 to S2700 and
other grades at $12 to $21.00; pine and spruce
laths at $500 to S212I; the best spruce
underfoors at $1,000 and other grades at
! $3.50 to $500.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23

CONSUMPTION CURED.-An old physician,
retired from practice, having had placed in
his hands by an East India missionary the
formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy and permanent cure of consumption,
bronchitis, catarrh asthma and all throat
and lung affections, also positive and rad
ical cure for nervous debility and all ner-
vous complaints, after having tested its won
derful curative powers in thousands of cases,
has felt it his duty to make it known to his
suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive
and a desire to relieve human suffering, |
will send, free of charge, to all who desire it,
this recipe, in German, French or English,
with full directions for preparing and using.
Sent by mail by addressing with stamp,
naming this paper, W. A. Noyes, 149 Pow
er's Block, Rochester, N. Y.
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deaths.

In Montpelier, Feb. II, Maria j. Fort, 80.
In Berlin, Feb Is, Joseph Young of Montpelier
about 10.
In Georgia, Feb. q Inkas Paine, 81.
In Barre, Feb. 49, Mrs. David Smith, S..
In st. Johnsbury, Feb. t. John Aver, ".
In Burlington, Feb. II, James Halpin, a.
In Barre, Feb. 49, Lemuel Richardson, II.
In Rutland, Feb. Is, James G. Barrett 35.
In Rutland, Feb Is, Mrs J. T.. Bagley, 81.
In Braintree, Feb Is, Lydia Wakefield 50.
In Fairfield, Feb. 6, Mrs John Sharkey, II.
In Bellows Falls Feb. 10, Martin II. Caryl, ~.
In Burlington, Feb 10, Mrs Jane Goucher, ~.
In Bennington, Feb. u, Mrs. Sarah Kimball, s2.
In Bennington, Feb, IA, Robert II. Patterson, q.
In Grand Isle, Feb. Is, Mrs. Nancy Chambern SO.
In Chelsea, Feb Is, of pneumonia, Flora Ring, II.
In Brattleboro, Feb, 49, Mrs, Maria s. johnson, So.
In Waterbury Center, Feb. 10, Garry Eggleston. 81
In South Wallingford, Feb. Is, John S. Stafford s.
In Amsden, Feb. l6, Mrs. Augusta A. Hoising-
ton So,
In Peacham, Feb u, Augusta NJ wife of A. G.
Bickford.
In Panfeld, Feb. 90 the infant child of Moses and
Jennie Hamell.
In Chelsea, Feb. 49, of paralysis of the BRAIN Ben
jamn Franklin Dickinson, ~ years and days.
In Barre, Feb. IL, at the residence of M. +. Hunt
her son, Mrs Sally Hunt, ~ years and months.
She was the mother Of William Hunt and Mrs John
Noodry of Montpelier.
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Marrlaees.

In Montpelier, Feb. Is, by Rev. John II Hincks,
Stimson of Montpelier.
In Grand Isle Feb. 10, Lester Minckler and Anna
Hoag.
In Holland Feb. 9, Harris F, Bryant and Carrie L
Fletcher.
In Rutland, Feb 10, George W. Tower and Mary E.
Harrison.
In Proctorsville, Feb IA, A. L. Graves and Mrs f.
NJ. Livermore.
In Monkton Feb. "A, w. A. Ferguson of Bristol
and Cora Ray
In Amsden Feb. IT, f. p Grout of Brattleboro and
Mary f. Covell.
In Windsor, Feb. 10, Elmer Z. Vanoram and Mrs.
Susie L. Carroll
In Windsor, Feb. 8, John l.. Clough of Nershire
and Ellen X. Baird
In Weston Feb. s, Henry I. Walker of Andover
and Alice A. Turner.
In Woodstock, Feb. 10, George W. Thompson and
Mrs Jane Alexander.
In Bratteboro, Feb. 10, p +. Crown of Jackson
vile and Candis A. Allen
In ST. Adams, Feb. s, Herbert E. Reynolds of
Georgia and Villa II, Green.
In Wilmington Feb. Is, +. r. Aldrich of Whiting
ham and Carrie j. Cushman.
In Townsend. Feb. IA, j. NJ. Kenney of Newfane
and Della Il. Albee of Brooklne.
In Brattleboro, Feb l6, Sidney H. Farr and Fannie
Prentice of Westmoreland N II.
In Barre Feb ~, by Rev. 7. Mcmillan, Richard A.
Hoar and Mary NJ. Keith, both of Barre.
In Milton Feb. II, DIR. A. 7. Arkey of Westford
and Genevieve H., daughter of DIR. l.. j. Dixon.
In Barre, Feb. 10, by Rev. p. Mcmillan, William A.
Carpenter and Cora A. Freeman, both of Barre.
In Rochester. Feb 10, by Rev. George S. Guernsey,
Garrett Shirley and Mrs. Julia s. French both OF
Rochester.
In Waterbury, Feb. l6, by Rev. +. w, Hamblin,
Frank c. Lyon of Waterbury Center and Minnie A,
Rand of Waterbury.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23
Advice to Mothers.

Mrs. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP for
children teething is the prescription of one
of the best female nurses and physicians in
the United States, and has been used for
forty years with never-faiing success by
millions of mothers for their children.
During the process of teething its value is
incalculabe. 1t relieves the child from
pain, cures dysentery and diarrhea, gripping
in the bowels and wind-colc BY giving
health to the child it rests the mother. Price
twenty-five cents bottle
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a!}irtbs.

In Montpelier. Feb Is, son to Rev. and Mrs. John
II. Hincks. Weight l0la pounds.
In Montpelier, Feb. 10, a daughter to Mr.. and Mrs
T. r. Merrill. Jr. Weight, 6is pounds.
In Elmore, a daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Hall.
In Chelsea, Feb. II, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Byron
Berry
Emerson.
In Hancock, Feb s. a daughter to Mr.. and Mrs.
Clinton Clafin.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23
DIR. CAGES APPOINTMENTS
Business Notltes.
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Work through the stomach, kidneys, bow
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Cure epzootic, pink-eye, constipation, di-
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legs, blind-staggers and kindred ailments
Food assimilates and the animal gets fat
and feels we'll Please specify Rayworth's
in ordering.